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Fellow Cheese MakersCajeta with Ben Guyton from Austin, Texas

Cajeta with Ben Guyton from Austin, Texas

Great Gift Idea for Upcoming Holidays If you’ve never tasted cajeta, you’re in for a real treat. It is THE BEST. Just tie a few ribbons around a canning jar of cajeta and you have the ultimate pr...

EquipmentBooker Dechert in Earlton, New York

Booker Dechert in Earlton, New York

Booker with Annie, born last May Did we mention that he’s 13?! He raises his own goats, milks them every day, and makes cheese. We first heard about Booker from his mother, Larissa: I ha...

Fellow Cheese MakersPoems From an Australian Cheese Maker

Poems From an Australian Cheese Maker

Tim Train with curds for Cojita It’s not often that we receive the gift of poetry… So, when Tim Train sent us his poems all the way from Australia, I asked him to give us a few pictures,...

Fellow Cheese MakersDurian Cheesecake for the Intrepid Only!

Durian Cheesecake for the Intrepid Only!

Durian If you were brought up with the smell of durians (a highly aromatic fruit), continue on … Peter Achutha, PhD Otherwise,you will want to make a substitution. (Really!) Duria...

Cheese Making RecipeCrescenza with Ian Treuer of Cheesepalooza

Crescenza with Ian Treuer of Cheesepalooza

Ian at Smoky Valley Artisan Cheese One of the founders of the fabulous Cheesepalooza! Last month, I posted an article about Valerie Lugonja with her tutorial about making Cabecou. She to...

EventsThree Shepherds Farm in Warren, Vermont

Three Shepherds Farm in Warren, Vermont

It’s what you would expect if you had high expectations! I felt as if I already knew Larry and Linda Faillace when I visited their farm a few days ago. I had just finished Linda’s shocking book...

Fellow Cheese MakersWood Spryte Farm in Dimondale, Michigan

Wood Spryte Farm in Dimondale, Michigan

Tiffany Rich makes it all look easy! Tiffany and her husband, Mike have a very small, 5 acre farm but they put it all to good use. They raise their own meat (beef, chicken, quail, lamb), milk thei...

EventsRose Boero in Central Wisconsin

Rose Boero in Central Wisconsin

Rose with her daughter, Margaret Becoming a licensed cheese maker in Wisconsin is a very big deal! Rose Boero, age 60, is a newly licensed cheese maker. It’s been a long journey for her. ...

Cheese Making RecipeA Canadian Foodie's Cabecou

A Canadian Foodie's Cabecou

Don’t you just love her? This is Valerie (A Canadian Foodie) who makes her living writing about food and educating folks about it. Until last year (and for the last 30 years) she taught in public...

Fellow Cheese MakersAn Opera Singer Makes Ricotta

An Opera Singer Makes Ricotta

And then sings our praises! Caroline Chirichella of New York City doesn’t exactly match our typical customer profile (not that any of you are typical – you make your own cheese!). But, we probabl...

Fellow Cheese MakersMeadowWild Farm in Barnum, Minnesota

MeadowWild Farm in Barnum, Minnesota

Barb and Steve Adams of MeadowWild Farm Raising goats in their “retirement” I began communicating via e-mail with Barb Adams when she wrote to us with a question about making Halloumi....

Fellow Cheese MakersRebecca Siegel in Thetford, Vermont

Rebecca Siegel in Thetford, Vermont

Rebecca Siegel of Thetford, Vermont Another remarkable home cheese maker who has made it all and then some … Even after all the posts I have done about home cheese makers, I’m still amaz...

Fellow Cheese MakersLatte Da Dairy in Flower Mound, Texas

Latte Da Dairy in Flower Mound, Texas

She loves her “girls!” I met Anne Jones of Latte Da Dairy a few weeks ago at the American Cheese Society‘s Annual Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. She purchased a set of our Kosikowski bo...

Cheese Making Recipe30 Minute Mozzarella with Kevin Lee Jacobs

30 Minute Mozzarella with Kevin Lee Jacobs

“A Garden for the House” and a Mozzarella for the fridge … We currently have 8 articles on this blog about making 30 Minute Mozzarella. This is the 9th and I will keep on posting them until you (...

Cheese Making RecipeString Cheese with Mara Welton

String Cheese with Mara Welton

Mara Welton It couldn’t be any easier! Are you tired of spending a small fortune on those little tubes of string cheese? Why do it? You and/or your children will much prefer the taste ...

Cheese Making RecipeStephanie Manley's Cream Cheese

Stephanie Manley's Cream Cheese

Stephanie Manley knows how to copy restaurant food and she’s been doing it since 1995! If our math is right- that’s 17 years! She has a website loaded with recipes she has adapted for home use ...

Cheese Making RecipeStephanie Soleil's Urban Cheddar

Stephanie Soleil's Urban Cheddar

Stephanie Soleil in Africa Home is San Francisco but this girl gets around! Stephanie Soleil took a trip around the world with her partner, Justin Watt in 2010. She has posted loads of ...

Fellow Cheese MakersWWOOFing* on a Sheep Cheese Farm in Italy

WWOOFing* on a Sheep Cheese Farm in Italy

Jema Patterson (The lamb is wearing a sweater vest made of wool to protect it from the chilly springtime.) * What is a WWOOF?! WWOOF stands for Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms, ...

Cheese Making RecipeFrench Style Feta with Gayle Starbuck

French Style Feta with Gayle Starbuck

Gayle Starbuck Portland, Oregon has all the luck! At least it has Gayle Starbuck and that’s a lot. Gayle makes cheese, teaches cheese making classes and sells cheese making supplies to lu...

Fellow Cheese MakersCountry Critters in Winchester, New Hampshire

Country Critters in Winchester, New Hampshire

Making cow’s and goat’s milk cheese in southern New Hampshire Son, Jared, Mike and Julie Thibodeau (This photo comes from their Facebook page because Julie was the only one home when we came...

Cheese Making RecipeSwiss with Terrie Travers

Swiss with Terrie Travers

Granny T. with Charlotte Creating a good life in Butler, TennesseeWe first posted an article called Fromage Blanc with Terrie Travers two years ago when she was a fairly new cheese maker....

Cheese Making RecipeColby with Nancy Wolff

Colby with Nancy Wolff

Nancy Wolff Is it really that easy?! Some folks just seem to be born to make cheese and Nancy Wolff is one of them. The post below is her first “attempt” at making a hard cheese. She ...

Fellow Cheese MakersPasteurized Sheep's Milk Available in Colorado

Pasteurized Sheep's Milk Available in Colorado

Caille Gash and Marc Pfister Note: This article was written in 2012, but Cozy Cow Dairy is no longer open. For the story about that – https://www.greeleytribune.com/news/business/wind...

Fellow Cheese MakersTragedy for Cheese Makers in Italy

Tragedy for Cheese Makers in Italy

The quake struck the Emilia Romagna region 30 miles north of Bologna Millions of dollars worth of cheese ruined Our hearts go out to the people of northern Italy for their terrifying exper...

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